My foray into cloth nappies

Oh my goodness!! How cute!!

thanks guys, i think hes pretty cute too.

nikki the swaddlebee website says not to be used for heavy wetters so i wouldnt use them overnight, i use them as an interim nappy mainly.
for overnight maybe two inserts in your fuzzi and/or a doubler too. would depend on if you are changing during the night and how much they wet etc.

i will be getting my rosies all in one next week and i cant wait to try that.

right - i have been reading all the info you ladies have been sharing and also checked out TM and some of the sites but i am confused. I had the boys in Weenies last year/start of this year that my friend has loaned me and just put normal folded nappies and liners in them. This was ok for the day but one of my boys is the hugest pee machine so have to have him in a huggies at night. Anyway am keen to get back into cloth again even tho will prob be for only 1 more year but i so dont know where to start. Do these nappy covers not use the good old cloth now? And how many do you think you need for each child? Any advice would be absolutley fantastic

I use my old styles flat ones, folded in these new covers, with liners. I like the bummis covers, nice and waterproof, alhtough haven't done it for overnight yet. I'm sure someone told me today that snazzipants are good for big wetters (Jake is a BIG wetter as well) but not too sure. I think they use bummis covers as well, but maybe they have an all in one? G's mum will know!

Edited by jacobsmama

I love my fuzzi!! Trying to save up some $$ so I can buy more

gsmum - very cute! Ella is still up there, not the first one at 10 weeks (thats a different Ella) but the second one, at 10 months, asleep in the yellow beanbag.

Nikki - what are you stuffing your pockets with? Might need just a little more oomph in them - put in a doubler and see how you get on. Or, if the inserts arent completely wet when they leak, you might need to strip the fleece liner. They can get a buildup of a number of things and stop wicking effectively. If you use creams on Hannah's bottom they will rub on the fleece and gunk it up. Sometimes not being rinsed well enough after washing can cause it too.

For nighttime, put a hemp flat under whatever you would use during the day, and and extra doubler and see how you get on. Hemp is more absorbant than cotton or microfibre, and holds the moisture better, so its ideal for nighttime. Best to have something quick-absorbing like cotton or microfibre closest to bubs skin as the hemp may not suck all the wee in quick enough if they let alot go at once.

K&J's mum, alot of the nappies available now are either covers, which you can still use with the flannel flats, or pockets, which you can stuff with flannel flats. I use flannel flats everyday, inside pocket nappies. Theyre great because they dry so fast - a bonus down south here. Pocket nappies like fuzzibunz are good for over night because you can stuff them with heaps. Like I said above, add in hemp at night. You can get hemp flats from snazzipants. If you get some - dont be alarmed at the size of them!! They are smaller than a flannel flat, but thats because they dont need to be as big as a flannel flat to be more absorbant!

The Nappy Network forum is excellent

Right, I think we've got the leaking thing sorted.
I realised that the nappies that were leaking were the ones that I only stuffed with a flannel flat so I have just been sticking with the microfibre inserts that came with my fuzzibunz (apparently absorb as much as the inserts that come from the NZ fuzzibunz dealer + a doubler) so they have been great.
Over night I figured if I add a flat to the fuzzibunz soaker then she doesn't leak either!
So yay!!! Figured it out (for now) and have ordered some more inserts from the fuzzibunz lady in CHCH.

Have been getting heaps of comments from people when out and about (like at creche xmas do) so I'm quite proud of myself being a cloth nappy mum now (geeky I know!)

I love changing Jakes naps at things when he's in cloth, its not Geeky, Nikki, its cool as!

Still waiting for my fuzzis.....

Thanks for the nice comment Jacobsmama. I can't believe how much better a smile from Joey makes me feel if I am having a bad day!!

but sooo true